#A98CBB#A98CBB

#A98CBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.075 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98CBB
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(277, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 19.79, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 28.43, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0504 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.075 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7084, 30.7794, 51.1166)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98CBB #9EBB8C

analogous

#928CBB #A98CBB #BB8CB6

triadic

#A98CBB #BBA98C #8CBBA9

tetradic

#A98CBB #BB928C #9EBB8C #8CB6BB

square

#A98CBB #BB928C #9EBB8C #8CB6BB

split-complementary

#A98CBB #B6BB8C #8CBB92

monochromatic

#6C4C81 #8C66A4 #A98CBB #C6B2D2 #E3D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A98CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A98CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98CBB

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98CBB	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.075 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adcf',
    500: '#a98cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98cbb;
$custom-light: #c3adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68288,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98CBB

secondary

#CFDAC9

accent

#A44167

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98CBB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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